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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-23
Mr.. Kellogg Looks at Europe.

As becomes the wearer Of the Nobel
crown, Mr.. Kellogg is back from Europe
seeing peace. not war, as the outlook
tor the Old World in the measurable
future. mo one Is going to say there
never will be another war;" the former
Secretary of State explains, but I will
say that there has never been a time
when the statesmen of the world have
taken so many steps to settle their
differences without war as at the pres
emit time"
That is q comforting and a signif1-
cant assurance. 1t is richer in practical
promise than cynics may think, Had
European statesmen prior to 1914 set up
IS elaborate peace preserving machinery
a6 has been erected since 1918, 1t is
ct least . fair presumption that the
holocaust Of sixteen years ago might
have been postponed If not actually
averted. When nations are minded to
ny at one another's threats, there is
virtue, not danger, in delay.
The steps" which the world has
taken to compose international dis
putes, and to which Mr.. Kellogg referred
on his return from Stockholm yester-
day. are steps designed primarily to
substitute peace psychology fer war;
Mindedness in times of passion and
strife. Their purpose, to use the idiom
which Mr.. Bryan coined, is to bring
about a cooling OF" period. The League
"a
carno treaty, the Kellogg BRAND pact
even naval limitation-all have as their
initial objective the persuasion of would
Be helligerents to ponder pacific means
before resorting 70 force,
That such a condition OF mind IS
steadily being inculcated among the
governing forces Of the world cannot
be doubted. 1t is not yet achieved and
ID not likely to be for some time, despite
the Christmas call Of the Carnegie En-
dowment for International Peace, which
demands world reduction Of ornaments
without further delay" and regardless
Of technical and temporary obstacles"
Naughty mankind - like the leopard.
n cannot be made to change its spots
BY nat. They have got to be washed
cut by degrees. Mr.. Kellogg evidently
Gees the cleansing process in steady. If
gradual, progress.
Fresh nom his contacts with the men
who are moldtng present-hour Euro
pean destinies. II Il encouraging to re-
eeiye the American statesman's assur-
ance that existing conditions do not
indicate war at all" Mr.. Kellogg
asserts that the responsible states of
Europe ARE not talking about settling
their problems on the battlefield" No
more welcome tidings could be brought
ct the holiday season to our own peace
loving country.
May the year Immediately ahead of
eur troubled planet, and those to fol-
low, witness the justification Of Mr..
Kellogg's optimisml
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-23

policy a state cooking viii be estab-
lished, even though ct present the de-
cree ID only that Of the Communist
Committee. This Is doubtless because
Joseph Stain, secretary-general Of the
Communist party, 10 actually. though
not officially.' the dictator Of Russia. SO
home cooking Is TO pass. The people
are all to go to the state kitchens for
their food. They are TO be rationed at
the source Of ultimate supply, instead
of merely at the markets. There is to
be no latitude for the satisfaction of
individual dietary tastes. As . matter
of fact there has been precious little
latitude in Russia in that respect since
the red revolution, but now there will
be none, Everybody is to eat just what
the state cooks. and nothing else.
If the Communist party heads at
Moscow can make all Russia eat the
same kind Of food, prepared according
to the same formula Of cookery, per-
haps they can bring the people even
more definitely into "step." reducing
them more nearly to the state of au-
tomatism. incidentally the next gener-
ation-if the Communist experiment
lasts for that. long-may all be dyspep-
tic. What then will be the average
man power for the maintenance of the
great industrial and agricultural mech
anism that is to make Russia master of
the world?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-23
Higghligghts ON the Wide World
Excerpts From Newspapers of Other Lands

Association reports all sorts Of hyine
machines much cheaper. Any one who
wants to buy a little airship now car
enjoy descent even before he goes up
Prices of the smaller aircraft have
fallen from $500 to $3.50 marks (fron
$l,760 to 1910, approximately. This is
not decline in price. 1t is a virtua
plunge to rockbottom. Will butter, -four
potatoes, milk and coal fall, too? The
present cheapness Of aircraft seems tc
scod at such uncertainties. Let prices
get as high as they please. Any one
who buys an airplane can forget al
mundane things in the enchanting hum
of his propeller and will sail serenely
over the highest of prices on joyous
wings. And what will high prices de
when every one leaves Their sordid en-
vironment to fly about in the zenithi
Relief is truly here!
X = =
War Memorials Of
Flesh and Blood Enough.
LIE Soir, Brussels.-Despite all the
poignant recollectionS of the war anC
the spectacle afforded US every day Of
the still existing sufferings of those who
offered their lives in that desperate
struggle, we seem, as nation, to care
less for all the battered and halloweC
battle-fiagS hung in our town halls anC
in the chapels are too often covered
with dust. Cannon placed in parks anc
In the municipal promenades are grown
about with weeds. All the old shells anc
torpedo castings shave been gathered
from the places where they were on ex-
hibition and melted down to make i'm
plements for mine and farm. But this
may not be ingratitude. 1t may be that
we % longer need these insensible
monuments to our heroes, when we
have SO many testimonials of their cour-
age and devotion to us in the inflnitude
of their wounds and mutilations. Surely
as yet, we need no war memorials OF
bronze or steel or marble while we have
those Of flesh and blood.
4 \ y
Fewer Mexicans Admitted
To United States.
Fl Universal, Mexico, D. F.-The new
immigration laws Of the United States
are being strictly enforced and already
show a great reduction in the numbers
of Mexicans moving to that country
Until the current year, the average i'm
migration of Mexican citizens into the
United States was more than $4,000
annually. For 1880, the number leaving
Mexico for that country will approx
While there are Just as many applica-
tons for entry as there used to be,
the American immigration authorities
are refusing admittance to all except
students, skilled or specialized laboFers
and persons with money sufficient to
maintain them at least for one year
Mental and physical detectives are be-
ing carefully excluded, however, from
all these privileged classifleations, 50
that not more than 400 Mexicans now
cross the international boundary in one
month. Those who cross the Rio
Grande Illegally are soon apprehended
and deported.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-23
Special Session.

Senator Borah Is out in the open for
special session Of Congress. He is not
enc Of those. apparently. who believe
that the country can struggle along
more effectively In the recess of Con-
gFess than 1t can while the chosen rep
FesentativeS Of the country are hurting
verbal bombs across the aisles Of the
two chambers, and more particularly at
the White House. II there be q SUM-
etent number Of Senators who take the
same view Of the situation, special
session Of the Seventy-second Congress
n the Spring Ia inevitable. Talk and
more talk in the Senate chamber upon
subjects related or unrelated TO the
measures before that body can effective
W prevent the passage Of one or more
Of the annual appropriation bills in
the two months remaining before the
adjournment Of the present Congress.
with the failure of any of the supply
hills, Q special session becomes neces-
sary.
Why is Mr.. Borah ipsistent upon
keeping Congress on the job? He men,
tons a number Of subjects which he
says require legislation without further
delay, among them the motor bus. the
railroads, electric power, farm debentuFe
and anN-iniunetion measures. They
ere important subjects: But would 1t
be better for the country TO get along
without these new laws for another
eight or nine months. after March 4,
or have D wrangling Congress 10 keep
the political cauldron at fever heat
with business struggling to come back7
The plea for the farm debenture
whsn industry Is depressed and millions
Of workers are out of Jobs viii strike
no echoing chord in many hearts. tx
cept IN the areas which suffered par
ticularly from the drought the farmer
Is generally speaking better on than the
industrial worker under present condi'
tions. He has Q roof over his head and
something to eat. Many workers have
neither, The representatives In Con-
gress Of great industrial States are moi
likely TO view with any more favor thar
theS have in the past . present propose
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-23
Balance Figures and Gambling.

The New York Clearing House, hav-
ing deduced by inquiry that its daily
posting of exchange and balance figures
means nothing much to anybody but
the gamblers, is debating now whether
to give up the practice. The clearing
house obviously feels resentment over
the fact that its once significant figures
are now important only to the thou
sands of ''bookies" throughout the land
and the millions of their patrons In
numerous lotteries. The simple thing
to. do would be to stop the daily posting
of. figures. The interesting question is
whether it would have much effect on
the gamblers.
Bookmakers in New York have said
it would not. They declare that freight
car numbers-any combination Of num-
bers from any souree-would do as well
as the clearing house figures. Their
game is simplicity itself and its sim
phcity has been one Of the reasons for
its success. Tremendous odds are laid
against the chance Of ticket holders
guessing the correct combination Of
figures, and the extent Of this form Of
gambling in New York and every other
large city is stupendous. But the clear
ing house figures, always regarded as a
legitimate piece Of news of possible
interest to financial houses, lent them
selves peculiarly well to the use
Of gamblers They were picked up from
New York by the press associations and
broadcast throughout the land. Many
newspapers published them and the
figures were always available where
those who gambled on them could i'm
mediately find them. Despite what the
bookmakers say, it Is doubtful If any
other combination of figures would be
so easily used. The clearing house
would be doing a public service by re-
fusing to lend itself any longer to. the
practice.
The substitute for the balance figures,
however, will be interesting. OF course,
there will be q substitute. The
weather reports, with the temperatures
in various cities; the number Of words
in q column, various totals and eombi-
nations Of every nature might be
utilized. Gambling would not be stop
ped by any action the clearing house
might take. This particular form of
gambling might be made. more difficult.
There would remain, in all probability,
the commentary on the futility of pre-
venting gambling by any other means
than by enforcement Of the anti-gamb-
ling laws. Present conditions, in Wash
ington and other cities, indicate that
even that method comes very close to
being futile.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-23
Russia's State Kitchens.

Russian Soviet organizations challenges
the amazement Of other countries for
its completely. The theories Of Elm
stein are easier to understand than the
relationship Of the various groups and
administrative bodies of government
and Communist party, centering at
Moscow. There are so many titles that
the American observer of Russian az
fairs, for an example, cannot make the
traditional head or tail out of the con-
fusion. Repeated and painstaking ex-
plantations by unprejudiced observers
writing from the scene, fail TO throw
lasting light upon. the situation. The
only clear fact Is that there Is q Com
munist party, the membership of which
includes the greater part of the Rus
sian people, especially those OF the
peasant and worker classes, and the
heads of which are the real rulers Of
the country.
This reflection Is prompted by the
latest announcement from Moscow, te
tAAC SA4CNt VAA1b tAAC SSIlIA al NOulIIltk6e
of the Communist party has just issued
decree" which revIses the food dis
tribution system in Russia. providing
for the establishment of state kitchenl
throughout the land and the abolition
Of home cooking. This decree. be 4
noted, Is issued, not by body Of gov
ernment commissars. but by COMMITTEES
Of the political party, Yet 1t is evident
ly accepted as law. The anomaly 1
heightened by the fact that the decree
thus issued by a political COMMITTEES
scores the work of the commissaTia
Of internal supply. government body
calling its work unsatisfactory ant
asserting that its service is "clogge'
with anti-Soviet agents, forty-eight Q
whom were recently shot,"
II seems 10 be assured that the neN
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-23

Observance Of the Tooth anniversary
Of the death of Simon Bolivar. SOUTH
American patriot, is made the occasion
for tributes in this country to his place
as champion of liberty and a contrib.
utor to Pan-American ideals. EN-.
phasis Is placed on the fact that per.
sonal ambition was subordinated in hi
nature to q desire for public service In
the pursuit of liberty.
HE established the independence Of
five countries" declares the Newark
Evening News, before he was Al years
old, and his were the mind and sWor6
that broke the power of Spain In the
Americas. He was dictator who hated
That ONCE, champion Of liberal educa-
ton. man OF vision who was the first
to urge the Panama Canal, He
saw the French Revolution and the rise
OF Napoleon at first hand, and con-
trasted them with the fruits of the revo-
luton which established the American
republic. He was very great man
with an amazing breadth of vision. Not
only in South America, but everywhere
that democracy is, he Is honored."
Recalling the place that "the Liber-
ator" held in the esteem of American
burgh Post-Gazette says: "Henry CLAW
Daniel Webster and other leaders paid
tributes 30 him while he lived; the
Marquis de Lafayette presented him
with WaShington's portrait and a lock
OF his hair. OF him it was said, Ma
poleon conquered 10000 square leagues
Bolivar liberated 100000 Boil
wars success came at the sacrifice of
nus personal fortune and his health.
He died at the comparatively early age
OF ~, after life that has seldom been
eequaled for accomplishment. His mill
tary exploits were many and glorious:
ne refused relationships and long-con-
tinued terms in Office At one time he
said, The continuation of authority in
the same person has frequently proved
the undoing Of democratic governments.
His were the ideals which appeal to
americans. The nations which he es-
tablished endure as monuments to his
memory"
Speaking for q better understanding
OF the place of Bolivar in history. the
Atlanta Journal remarks that Certainly
almost every South American school,
child Is familiar with the significance
of George Washington, yet Simon Boil
war, who rather aptly has been called
the Washington of his continent, hard
ly enjoys among US the recognition
which his extraordinary career merits. /"
Reviewing his history, the Journal saws:
HE is the unchallenged hero of South
American independence. His admins
trative and military ascendency lasted
only about 10 years, but in that time
he contFived to free Venezuela and
New Granada, from which the republic
OF Great Colombia was formed. AS first
president of that republic he guided it
through the critical formative years
analogous to the terms served by WASH
ington as first President Of the United
States. From the nation which he
fashioned came Ecuador, Colombia,
Venezuela, and, ultimately, Panama.
But his restless enterprise did not cease
there. He drove royal armies from
Peru, and gave to Bolivia, named In his
honor, its first constitution. When his
deeds are considered, it is regrettable
that he is not more widely studied as
an exemplary patriot Of the new world"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-23

Just one little peep will not hurt
surely. One simply wants to see II the
thing works properly, or IL II Is Of the
exact type wanted, or the correct color
or whatnot.
Nothing viii happen If one looks
Nations win not totter, nor will earth
quakes intervene. Pref Christmas look
ing is not to be recommended foi
children, but many things are moi
recommended for children,
One stops to wonder II many things
forbidden the little ones are not 90 for
hidden in part because adults want 70
show their authority. Many children
rather suspect 1t, We imagine.
kA&N
80 far. 50 good, perhaps; but we can
not quite get out OF our mind Cnrlst'
mas morning.
Perhaps it would be better to leave
few surprises, so that the child ~
all OF us will be pleasedl
Look, il you wish, but not ct all your
gifts. Begin with the candy. II you
receive 1t q week ahead of time, unless
you eat It before Christmas, 1t WIZ pe
stale.
No one wants stale candy, Of course
so there is nothing TO do but eat II
at once.
But what about these other things9
They cannot be eaten, therefore tney
will not grow stale. We will have 70
think up some other excuse!
&%*
The best excuse, after all. for Open
ing ones gifts before Christmas Is be-
cause one wants toll
How many things there are IN this
world which one wants to do but never
daresl
One goes through life wanting to kick
in big pane of glass, but one never
yields to the temptation.
Who that has played a mandolin,
guitar or ulxulele but has been seized
with sudden impulse on occasion to
whang the body of the instrument
down over post?
who has not been seized with an
overwhelming desire to ram ones fist
through the glass when the conductor
shuts the door on you and leaves you
standing on a wet, cold corner late at
Yet one never yields 70 any Of these
impulses, because he knows that to dc
SO would be unreasoning' childish
petulant.
one restraints ones self, and perhaps
runs some risk from suppressed desires,
If the psychologists are right
x ~
But opening Christmas presents be-
fore Christmas Is one Of the incest
things to do imaginable.
1t is a deed which will hurt no one
but ones self, and one rather suspects
that 1t will not hurt him, or her, as the
case may be, very much.
Just once, IN the years, let every one
open presents ahead of time. Guy de
Maupassant has q delightful story upon
a somewhat similar theme, and every
one who. has read it will recognize the
connection.
Opening ones presents before Christ
mas Is strictly ones own business, and
will never want to do it again. It is
going the old saw, christmas comes
but once q year" one better.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-23
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRAcEwELL.

The right of adults TO open theil
Christmas presents before ChrlStmaS
will be disputed.
Probably nine out of ten persons, ever
the so-called "grown-ups," viii fee
HYou will spoil your Christmas" these
| timid ones say.
'Oh, wouldn't think Of doing such
a thingI' so declares another.
you will feel disappointed on Christ
mas morning."
SO say the timid ones, but the ruth
less philosopher who has grown to mans
estate will go right ahead.
Il " y y
For once in his Tife he Is going tC
do what he has always wanted to do
what every adult person in the world
has wanted to do, what every child
has wanted to do.
He Is going to lookI
The idea thrills him.
His relentless decision, almost an
affront to Santa Claus, fills him with
q mingled delight and trepidation.
This mixed feeling comes amazingly
near to bringing back the old-time
Christmas, when he scarcely could &c
to sleep on Christmas eve for sheer
excitement.
Now, In deciding to open his gifts be-
fore Christmas, he renews q lost sense
of happiness.
And why should one not look?
Adults, after all, are not children, ex-
cept when they take to playing with
electric trains or mechanical toys.
Every man is a child again, with
such toys, every woman q child with
dolls.
Aside from these inroads, however,
the "grown-up" has left his paradise
of childhood behind him and can only
stand on the threshold, vicariously
through his own or other peoples chill
dren
Yet the solemn business Of giving
gifts goes on from one adult to another
And each person who so receives a
package looks with resentment at the
Stickers which blatantly warn him, do
not open till Christmas"
Again one asks, Why not?
- So
No doubt any one of those nine we
mentioned could furnish a list of rea-
sons a foot long, after the manner of
girl who wanted to know If there was
a Santa Claus.
In the last analysis, however, opening
or not opening Christmas presents
ahead of time Is a matter of individ-
ual preference.
Most gifts to adults fall into two
classes, the necessities and the gadgets.
In the former division belong all the
Christmas ties. the bathrobes, the slip
pers, the handkerchiefs, the stockings,
ETC., etc.
In the latter come the innumerable
trick articles such as cigarette lighters,
fancy flashlights of the type which light
when lifted from table, the hundred
and one things which take the place
of toys for men and women Of vot-
ing age.
Both of these types can be peered at
appropriately before Christmas with
out injuring either the eyes or the
article.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-23
Printing Office Matrimonv.

Public Printer Garter recently forced
seven of the apprentices at the Gov
eminent Printing once to resign be-
cause they broke their promise not to
get married, and now he has given
them back their jobs as Christmas
presents.
The real point at issue is whether
any one has right to order men not
to marry or to marry and to make
them give such promises.
The guardianship policy instituted
for apprentices of the great Govern
ment print shop scarcely authorizes
the director or any one else to 20 50
far into the private affairs Of its
hands"
Marriage, after all, is q personal mat
ter. and II man desires TO embark
upon the so-called matrimonial seas,
it is rather his own business. If the
step causes him difficulties, financial. or
otherwise, that, too, is his own affair.
There have been thousands of
men, too, who have said that their
success in life was entirely due to their
wives. A wife is no such handicap as
the Public Printer seems to think.
1t remains now to be seen what sort
OF snarl Mr.. Carter, we'll meaning
though he may be, may get himself
into If he fires" another man for COM
hitting the crime of matrimony. The
culprit may in such case accuse him,
with some justice, of playing favorites
with the lucky seven. And then there
will be nothing left for the Public
Printer to say but, Eyes, but Christmas
comes but once q year!"