Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-12
z SOLEIL, Quebec.-Article 246
Of the Treaty Of Versailles is

z SOLEIL, Quebec.-Article 246
Of the Treaty Of Versailles is
that which stipulates that the
IL skull Of King Kakaoua must be
returned by Germany to Eng
land. But Germany has never COM
piled with this provision! A little
while before the demise of DR.. Strese-
mann, Sir Austen Chamberlain, at
Geneva, made the demand upon the
German minister of foreign affairs that
his government satisfy the obligations
of article 246, because of the renewed
| opportunities of numerous Negro tribes,
to whom the skull of King Kakaoua is
venerable relic. DR.. Stresemann
straightway caused a search to be
made, @with the result that the famous
skull could not be found, for the sufh-
ctent reason that it had never existed
at least not in Germany. When the
German minister reported this unsatis-
factory termination of the quest TO Sir
Austen, the latter replied with O smile !:
do me favor, will you? Please find
one just like it"
Political Fickleness
Not Mark Of Immature Character.
Cologne Gazette -Political fickleness
must not always be considered a marx
of an immature and inconsequentlal
character. In the neighborhood OF
Reichenhall there lives in a small val.
lage a certain tavern keeper and local
alderman who in the course CT the years
has identified himself with almost any
number of different parties. He is
popularly known throughout his district
as the Landlord of the Seven Hues,
in reference to his variegated po!it-cal
COMPLEXION, But this rather derogatory
allusion in no way disconcertS or Of
| tends the tavern keeper. He prtdeS him.
self that he never changed his party for
any light or insufficient reasons; ne as
serts that his loyalty to different inter-
ests continued only so long as ne couIo
conscientiously support the doctrines OF
| the groups with Whlch ne was IenApo-
rarily affiliated.
IIndoubtedly he Is one of these naive
persons who fondly believe that party
must always stand for and strive 10 ac-
complish what is set down in its orlgl-
nal program, for otherwise he would
not have been so disappointed In the
activities of seven separate 1actons.
Were this hospitable gentleman more
intimately yersed in our classical poetry
he could easily find still neuer lusu-
| fcation for his chameleonltke manles-
| tations.
We are thinking OF the fools who con-
sidered themselves wise in their folly
| and of the sages who found through the
same errors the path to Truth!
x X y x
Urges Change in Unfair
| System of Tax Assessments.
Ell TEMPO, Bogota.--Dr. Bojarano, at
| a timely moment in the deliberations OF
| the municipal council, melted q debate
on tax assessments in Bogota. ms
l Ill nH IN
Gus abuses, inconsistencies ana 1rregu-
! larities of the system, and was able to
refer to his own case as a particularly
| horrible example. though in many re-
spects hundreds of other property own
! ers are assessed with the same injustice.
DR.. Boiarano's chief allegation was
that the possessors of small holdings
we're all assessed at a fat rate, regard
| less of whether their house and lot was
| next door to church, or in some re-
mote and inaccessible suburb. If the
rate of taxation was fair in the former
instance 1t certainly could not be in the
\ second, yet nevertheless the same arbi-
trary percentages we're applied to both.
In the case of business establishments
| the same methods were applied. An
antiquated structure, If 1t happens to
have four stories, and the same 'front.'
age, is taxed precisely the same as a
new emo modern building adjacent to
| it There appears to be but one rule
| followed by the commissioners, and that
| is to find out the maximum rate appli-
cab'e to any structure of the latest type
and convenience, and then to apply that
value to all more or less similar proper
| ties unfortunately.
DR.. Bojarano urges more reasonable
! and elastic code, and little more APP
probation of the fact that a building,
however imposing and well constructed,
If located on an obscure street In q