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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-15
A Great Japanese.

Washington shares with regret all
its own in the worldwide expressions
of sorrow evoked by the death of Wis
count Shibusawa, grand old man Of
Japan, who has just passed away. The
octogenarian financier and statesman,
whose name win be associated forever
with the evolution Of the island en-
pire from its feudal existence into the
powerful and progressive japan of this
day. originated the idea which even
tuated in washingtons Incompatible
collection of cherry blossoms.
Viscount Shibusawa visited the United
States in 1909 at the head Of Japa-
nese industrial mission. Learning that
a gift of cherry trees to Mrs. Theodore
Roosevelt the year before had been de-
stroyed by blight, he arranged prior to
his departure from the United States
that another and larger selection of
trees should be presented to Mrs. Taft.
then First Lady of the Land. The fioral
crown of glory which annually adorns
the Tidal Basin is the enduring monu-
ment to Viscount Shibusawa's thought
fulness.
Shibusawa has been called America
earliest and most steadfast friend in
japan. It is related that when Town
send Harris, our first minister to the
country. whose door not long before
had been pushed ajar by Perry, elected
to remain after all other foreign ennis
saries had fed, young Samurai stood
guard at the American ENJOYS house
day and night, lest harm should come
to him. That Samurai was Shibu-
sawa. His fondness for America, Amer
leans and their ways grew with the
years. He became the personification
of the new policy which was to make
Japan world-minded, to lift her out of
her isolation, and, with the dawn of
the twentieth century, to earn for her
respected rank as one of the Great
Powers.
ternational destinies can i'll afford to
lose the sagacious counsel of men like
Viscount Shibusawa. She developed
few elder statesmen who combined, as
he did, a deep love of country with a
ripe wisdom, rare business acumen and
a vision that encompassed the globe
when he surveyed the directions in
which Japan's best interests lie.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-15
OUR BELIEFS
BY THE RIGHT REV. JAMES E. FREEMAN D. d, L. d,
Bishop of Washington.

that the child of our own household ID
incapable Of better things We hang q
milestone about his neck that will ulti-
mately destroy him. There are multi
tudes OF men and women who have
been brought to their low estate by the
lost confidence Of those who misjudged
their merits or who so exaggerated
their faults as to render them wholly
impotent to carry on.
No greater fallacy was ever expressed
than 1T matters little what a man be-
lieves so long as his life is right" AS
matter of fact, some kind of belief.
however poorly expressed or conceived,
is indispensable to right and efficient
living. Just now we are passing through
one OF those periods where political and
religious beliefs of one kind and am
other are seemingly less popular than
they once were. There would seem to
be less Of conviction in our later gen.
Grafton than we have known in other
PERIODS. Even the opponents Of the
pulpit err at times by assuming that
a definite expression Of truth is unpal-
atable to the present age AS a matter
Of fact, the only preachers that are
worth listening to today are those who
are able to say, 81 know whom I have
believed" There is WIDESPREAD hum
ger in the world today for the man q
woman with an affirmation on their Inns.
an affirmation that bears evidence that
they have thought deeply over their
religious faith and whose convictions
are not disturbed by the passing un-
stable opinions Of the hour. Creeds may
be archaic and less popular than they
once were, but they are nevertheless
indispensable to satisfactory living.
Jesus Is the Master OF men because
He dared to present in dogmatic terms
eternal truths. He did not say. 'Ye
may be born again." but Eye must be
born again." With His disciples He was
interested to learn what men said con-
corning Him. but to the chosen few He
said, But whom say We that amp"
He liked the holiness of impetuous
Peter. and while He dealt gently and
generously with the erring, He called
to His side those who had something
of definite belief. Our beliefs have a
determining effect upon our lives.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-15
A Forgotten Regulation.

1t probably came as great surprise
to many Washington motorists to learn
the other day, after reading of the pro-
ceedings at meeting of the Kalorama
Citizens Association, that the District
traffic code contains a regulation that
the front or rear wheel of all cars
parked on hillsides should be turned
into the curb to prevent the vehicle
from moving should the brake be re-
leased or slip. But it is there all right;
no doubt about it; one whole sentence
on page %. clause g, and the Kalo-
anna Citizens Association has dug it
out of its musty recess to use as a
basis for letter to the traffic director
calling for enforcement, and plenty
of it,
SO all day Monday the policemen
patrolling hilly sections of town had
busy time Of it and many a surprised
motorist found that he was required to
post collateral at a precinct station for
failing to comply with a regulation that
he did not know anything about, or, II
he did know about it, refusing to COM
ply on the not entirely unreasonable
grounds that it would cost him far
more in tires, which would be scrapec
and injured, than 1t would In fines.
In unearthing this forgotten
and obsolete regulation. and dar1e Fins
its enforcement. the ssso; .Pt;on evi.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-15
Grandi's Visit May Determine How Far
The United States Is Involved in Europe

The French wish every new move in
Europe to be made within the frame
work of the treaties" The French
would therefore favor fixed American
interest in Europe.
n
The case is wholly different with
the Italians. They wish-and they
openly declare that they wish-"re-
visions" of the peace treaties. Nobody
ever has been able to make out just
precisely what they mean by ''revisions -
They speak of "revisions" very vaguely
They succeed nevertheless in communi-
eating to the world one clear general
drift OF thought In the problem which
the peace treaties present. That drift
Is this:
The Italians wish to bring 1t about
that conditions Of national existence
shall be rendered easier and more
tolerable for the defeated countries
Germany, Austria and Hungary.
~
Putting 1t extremely roughly, the
French want the hold of the European
victors upon the European vanquished
maintained tight while the Italians
want 1t relaxed. There follows a direct
and most important consequence fol-
the United States While the French
would be pleased to have the policy OF
the United States toward Europe fixed
the Italians are quite content to have
the policy Of the United States toward
Europe remain altogether fluid
That Is the basic fact upon which
the present closeness between the United
States and Italy fundamentally rests.
The United States Government does not
wish to undertake TO stabilize Europe
'as is" The Italian government does
not wish anybody to stabilize it "as Is"
There the two governments start agreed
and additional agreements thereupon
develop.
deny to Signor Grand any mutual
guarantee" treaties, any security
treaties, any Consultative" treaties.
Signor Grand will not request them.
Italy, from us, does not pine for them.
We believe that disarmament can
begin to make progress without any
further such treaties. So does Italy.
At Geneva last September this writer
heard Signor Grand openly separate
himself from the French and openly
associate himself with the Americans
curity to disarmament. The French
had stated that pacts for security must
come first. Grand emphatically as
serted that much disarmament must
precede any attainment of security. He
spoke in exactly the tone that any
diplomat representing the United States
Government would have adopted.
An answer is then possible, so far as
Signor Grandi's visit is concerned, to
the question: How much are we in
Europe?
We are there, from the Italian point
of view, for the promotion of disarma-
ment and for the improvement of bust
ness without any political engagements
whatsoever.
(CopyriRht. 1917
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-15
New Street Railway Equipment.

The Capital Traction Company is to
put thirty-five new cars into service
shortly, their purchase having been
authorized several months ago for the
purpose of improving the equipment.
One of the features of these cars par
ticularly noted is the fact that they
will be less noisy than the present
equipment. They will have greater
power, will be capable Of higher speed
and quicker starting and will be more
comfortable for the passengers.
This new rolling stock will be bid
for more patronage. 1t will offer car
riders more agreeable accommodations
and more rapid transit II the expecta-
lions of the management are fulfilled.
1t is in these respects that patrons
of the car lines are now making COM
plant.
But however the rolling stock OF
the car lines may be improved, in re-
spect to speed and pickup" there
remains the diff1culty of maintaining
true rapid transit schedules owing to
the congestion Of traff1c in the streets.
In the competition for right of way
In the crowded hours, the street cars,
confined to fixed routes, are at dis
advantage Their competitors, the
taxicabs, with greater freedom of action
and fiexibility Of route, can distance
them and can supply much speedier
transportation to their patrons.
1t is Of the most serious moment
to the street railway corporations that
the belief prevails that for the average
haul the smaller unit, virtually indi-
vidual in accommodation, is the more
efficient through being the more rapid.
The street railway can assure its
patron greater degree Of security
against accident. It can, as in the
purchase of more comfortable vehicles,
assure more easy riding. Perhaps 1t
can, by the use of larger units, or
double units as in the case of the oc-
casional trailer cars, approximate rea-
sonably comparable speed Of operation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-15

grades. For there are grades in Russia
Notwithstanding the original pronounce
ment of complete equality and uni
formity. That is one Of the changes
resulting from the recognition Of the
fact that there are differences between
human factors. x.
These changes are made reluctantly.
They are the consequences of realization
that communism as proclaimed by
Lenin and carried on by Stain is an
impracticable ideal. The point of
particular interest to the world outside
of Russia is whether they will be made
sufficiently and in season to prevent the
"blow-up from within" that is likely
to result from the ruthless exploitation
of the Russian people.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-15
Tyranny" in 1853 and in 1881.

when we tax the inhabitants of the
District of Columbia without giving
them voice in any legislature they
the inhabitants Of Boston in Adams
day" Thus writes James Truslow
Adams in THE Adams Family" col
lective biography of that notable
group of Americans. Referring to the
part played by John Adams, he notes
that "as far as he was conc rned, the
first crack in the structure of the Brit
ish Empire, due to the stresses and the
strains of century and more of de-
velopment and change" was noticeable
in 1853. The government in England
and the governed in America were be-
ing brought face to face with the prob
lem of reconciliation of empire and
freedom, "a problem as insoluble as
that of an irresistible force meeting an
immovable obstacle" That problem,
says the author, has not been solved in
"our American empire" in different
parts of which may be found ANY and
every form of despotism" against which
we ourselves protested at the time of
the Revolution. One of these is tax
alton without representation.
That the inhabitants Of the District
of Columbia have as great right to
cry out against taxation without rep
resentation as did those of the colonies
more than a century and half ago is
undeniable, is indeed not denied. The
mischief is that those who oppose the
granting of the right of national repre-
sentation to the disfranchised people of
the Capital regard that right of repre-
sentation as only theoretical as some
thing that can be waived on the ground
that special dispensation places them
in the category of taxpayers without re-
dress of grievance
No one who denies the right of the
Washingtonian to participate by direct
representation in the legislature that
assesses his taxes and directs the
spending of his tax money questions the
right of the colonists to demand that
right and to fight for 1t. The inhabit-
ants of Boston in Adams day had nc
more right of protest than have the
inhabitants of Washington of this day
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-15
Changes in Communist Russia.

Little by little the Communist pro-
gram In Russia is being modified and is
getting further away from the extreme
ideal of Lenin. From time to time
changes have been made, now forward.
now backward, but with an unmistak-
able trend away from the universal
equality principle upon which sovietism
was established. 1t is being found that
the plan will not work, that people will
not willingly transform themselves into
robots subject to tyrannical control.
The latest change discloses that it has
been found by the commissars that
even machines cannot be driven with
out rest and repair. So the continuous
nve-day week, tnaugurated at the out
set of 1890. which involved one day of
Fest in every six. has been changed.
livery sixth day is now made holiday for
=T-sry nechanical plant. being devoted
10 repairing. oiling and cleaning of ap-
paratus. The fact is that the machines
run without interruption were break
ing down. Under the fiye-day plan
tools were used by different gangs
While the workers had one days rest
in six the machines had none. The
workers took no interest in their tools
The Russian workman indeed, Is q
hard toolmaster Running all through
the story Of the five-year plan is the
note of machine inefficiency.
1t is reported from Moscow that the
change from five-day to the six-day
System-which does not include al
branches &. industry, but chiefly thos'
that have to do with mechanical equip
r1ent-is welcomed generally By thu
.3c4..le., -. -iai;. nose IN the higher
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-15
China's Needs Spur
Silver Speculation
BY HARDEN COLFAx.

While on the markets of the world
silver has been making a spectacular
rise In price during the past fortnight,
an international selling agreement
among the silver producers Of the
world now seems to be in definite
prospect as a result of recommended
lions made public this week by a COM
mittee Of experts of the International
Chamber Of Commerce.
The experts report hardly was out
before international exchanges had be-
gun between the representatives of i'm
portant silver interests in this country
and Europe, and 1t Is stated that there
will be meeting in New York or Lon
don TO study the committees suggested
sterilization program.
1t Is proposed that American silver
producers and those of other nations
investigate the possibility of entering
into a sales agreement with India. The
producers Of the United States would
md no legal obstacle, observers here
believe, to taking part In a cartel to
stabilize silver in the worlds market,
because export agreements are per-
m1tted under the Webb Pomerene act.
II
The silver situation took o new turn
on October 81. when the metal record
was selling above 80 cents In New
YORK. A week later 1t was selling Just
Under SO cents. Undoubtedly there has
been much speculation In the white
metal market. A more concrete cause
OF the rise in the price of silver how
ever, may be seen In the disturbance In
Manchuria 1t Is pointed out by Gov
eminent experts whenever there Is a
war In China silver Is in demand for
paying the soldiers.
spectators attempt to anticipate the
Chinese demand by buying silver in the
hopes OF selling it at higher price and
realizing corresponding profit In
other words, the spectators work just
little ahead Of events as they foresee
them. The bigger the Chinese disturb
ance, the bigger the speculation. APP
parently many SPECTATORS In Asia and
elsewhere anticipate a large demand
IN connection with the Manchurian
The Committee Of the International
Chamber Of Commerce recommends
that, international governmental action
peing unobtainable. the price Of silver
be gradually raised by the Joint action
OF the principal silver producers, most
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-15

the Territory of Alaska when Congress
made the purchase from Russia in 1857.
Even =. the early days gold We s5--..-1d
in fairly stable quantities. Gold to
been mined in Alaska before the spec
tacular KlondiKe strike Then it
jumped to $2,500.000 in a single year
ana mounted until it reached. in 1905.
the pinnacle OF SCI 800 500. not SO very
lar short Of Two millions q month. In
year Alaska paid for herself almost
three times over
The earliest figures are not available,
put counting from 1880 to 1928 1t is
found that ALASKA has produced in =old
36o,SS7, go. This, of course is in adj
dition to other vast mineral, agricul-
tural, forest and fisheries wealth. gut
this is story purely about gold
Next In rank as potential suppiiers
OF American gold stand the three States
Oh Cahi0rnia: Coicrado and South Da-
kota, all wing with each other for
place. If anything. South Dakota has
the edge, according to the biologists.
Each, by 1850, is expected to jSoduce
5000, 900 worth of gold. The high
position of these States shows that they
uphold their famous tradition. Cali
fornia, with the discovery at S,itters
Mill, was responsible for the first great
gold rush. Colorado was made famous
as a gold State through the openilss of
Cripple Creek, while South Dakota won
a fame 1t still holds for the fabulous
Homestake mine.
Distribution Of Gold.
Next to command the attention of
biologists and the hopes of prospectors
IS Utah, whose hills are expected to
bring forth gold to the value of s140,-
100000 In the next score of years
Then comes Montana with an expected
output of $4,000 900 during the ne
Rod. Arizona follows with a prospec-
tive 500, 100000. This Arizona gold is
especially problematic. The sum ex-
tracted may be much larger. Gold APP
pears In conjunction with copper and
greatly increased copper mining oper-
ations presumably would send the gold
output up by millions
Nevada offers gold to the value of
nearly $55,000,000 along with her other
mineral wealth. Oregon is expected to
produce $15,000,0 600; New Mexico, s1o.-
100000; Idaho a like amount, and
Washington 100000.
While some gold will be found In
the Alleghenies, notably North Caro-
compared with what the West will
produce.
The estimates are based upon both
lode and placer mining Both meth
DDS are being worked now and there
is constant improvement in the mining
machinery and methods used.
The Philippine Islands furnish some
thing of a riddle. While it is esti-
mated, from the basis of known de-
posits, that there is a potentiality of
$50 600, 900 from the islands, there Is a
possibility of much greater wealth. It
is freely admitted by the biologists
that there are broad areas wholly un-
explored. Only a cumulative guess
may be ventured. The Philippines cost
20,000,0o0.
II the American people needed any
stimulant to their confidence it should
be found in these figures. They are
estimates, outside estimates, but they
are official. The gold is there. Go and
get it!
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Native Gold in the United States
BY FREDERIC ]. HaSKIN.

There is $4,995, $4,000 in gold coin
and bullion in the United States today
and the country stands at the head
OF all the nations of the world as
Sossessor CT gold. But the names of
Midas and Shylock. the imputations
81 avarice and greed, cannot be called
upon TO account for these tremendous
holdings. They have not been taken
from others. OF this huge total
$4,27S, 5000 has been taken from our
own soill
For the difference between that and
the larger sum held we have to show
the billions of credit we have advanced
to Europe and other parts of the
world, the vast wealth in goods and
services which have been furnished
them.
Not another country in the world,
comparable in size and population,
stands so firmly upon its self-won gold
foundation as the United States. The
gold has not been beguiled from others
through the chicaneries of trade or the
conquests of war. 1t has been dug
out OF our own soil by the sweat of
our own brow.
Moreover, in the next 20 years, time
so short in terms of history as to
mean only the day after tomorrow,
another So, 160, 100000 can be lifted
from the earth and washed from the
streams, provided costs of production
and advance of mechanical technique
are normal. This estimate is based on
carefully made survey computed in
collaboration by the Bureau of Mines
and the United States Geological Sur
vey. These governmental agencies have
scrutinized the field with anxious care
and enlightened skill, bringing to bear
their knowledge of the experience of
the past and technical ability to fore
cast the future. They have combed
the available latent gold resources of
the United States from the Alleghenies
to Alaska and made an estimate up
to 1950-less than 20 years hence
They see these additional 50, 100, 000, 900
OF possible production under favorable
conditions.
It must be remembered that these
figures refer to gold-gold which is
the standard and need not be weighted
TO allow for varying prices, for gold
has no price save its own It makes
its own price. 1t is its own price.
Nor do these figures take into con-
sideration the Philippine Islands. If
these be retained as President Hoover
has recently indicated they will be, the
next 20 years will see them produce
$50 200, 900 in gold under the American
nag.
Our Great Gold Territory.
1t Is Alaska which is to be the great
gold resource of the United States for
the next score Of years. The technical
branches Of the Government base their
forecasts on no expectation of such a
gold strike as that of the Klondike In
1895. Merely on the basis of the con-
tinued development of present known
workings, together with the normal ex-
ploration and extension of known geo.
logic formations, it is estimated that
between approximately the present and
1850 Alaska will yield us the huge new
total of $1,100,000,000. This estimate,
like all others, preSupposes no increased
cost Of production and normal techno-
logical advance in mining methods.
The estimate is one of production
within our grasp.
The United States paid $1,000 900 for
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" American. and the British Indian

ly American, ana the British indian
government.
while it is true. as the International
Chamber Committee states, that silver
is a commodity relatively easy to sta
bilize. it Is also a medium of exchange,
International as well as national. It Is
China's currency. When conditions are
good and China is prosperous there is
q strong demand for Chinese exchange
and the tael and silver metal 60 up.
X
When conditions are bad in China
and exports are declining for whatever
reason, the tael goes down and silver
metal goes down. Therefore, 1t Is
nointed out by Government authorities,
the stabilization Of the price Of silver
means not simply tie sterilization of
a commodity, but it means also stabili-
zation of China's currency in interna-
tional exchange:
india and China take, roughly, 10
ner cent of the worlds yearly output of
Silver and these two countries, 1t has
heen estimated, hold something like
IN nor. 900 900 ounces Of available silver,
~ two-thirds of the production Of the
last three centuries.
(Copyright, 1917